Why use Wikis for Vocabulary Instruction?

• Collaborative online environment
• Students can support each other
• Peer editing opportunitiy

Resources

• Wikispaces -- free private spaces for educators
• PBWiki

Ideas for Using Wikis for Vocabulary

• Create your own Wiki Word Wall for your class where students add words with definitions.
• Create Root, Prefix and Suffix pages where students add found words to lists.
• Create pages in a wiki for progressive stories where students must use vocabulary words and each student adds a line to the story using as many vocabulary words as they can while still adding to the story.